
Obama Immigrant Detention Policies Under Fire
NPRObama Immigrant Detention Policies Under Fire Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP The Obama administration is under growing pressure to change its policies governing the detention of thousands of migrants who came to the United States illegally. Sponsor Message --The Center for Constitutional Rights and Detention Watch Network published a report calling for the end to so-called "guaranteed minimums" which require Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to fill all 34,000 detention beds it contracts in 15 facilities across the country. --Meanwhile, lawyers at the Los Angeles-based Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and Obama administration officials have just a few days left to settle a lawsuit challenging the detention facilities for more than 2,000 women with children, who came here during last summer's border surge. Sponsor Message "I don't know think it is a coincidence," said Silky Shah, co-director of the DC-based Detention Watch Network, a group against the detention of immigrants.
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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
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President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together
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Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen
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The Independent
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Trump sows fear among migrants with shock-and-awe deportation campaign
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ICE warns new immigration crackdown bill could release dangerous offenders: report
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ICE is looking for a new detention center in Blue California. The state probably can’t stop it
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Senators Call For Shuttering Of 'Inhumane' ICE Detention Centers
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Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions
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Daily Mail
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Salon
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Associated Press
Biden to end detention for most post
The Independent
Long-detained immigrant families in US could soon face deportation
Hindustan Times
Op-Ed: Why abuse and neglect of immigrants proliferate in ICE detention
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US judge orders ICE to free children in family detention
Al Jazeera
Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention
India Today
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How U.S. is handling immigration during the coronavirus crisis
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ICE may circumvent California’s ban on private immigrant detention centers
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Child migrant detention centre in Florida closed after becoming flashpoint in US immigration debate
The Independent
19 States And D.C. Sue Administration To Stop Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Children
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Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.
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Trump Administration Announces Plan To Detain Migrant Children For Longer
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Trump administration 'to announce plan to hold migrant children indefinitely in detention camps'
The Independent
Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
Al Jazeera
We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful (opinion)
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California sees shift in immigration detention contracts
Associated Press
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LA Times
ICE Detention Beds New Stumbling Block In Efforts To Prevent Another Shutdown
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Immigrant Children Being Used As ‘Bait’ To Arrest Sponsors, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges
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Record high of 14,000 immigrant children in US custody as potential carers ‘deterred by fears of retribution’
The Independent
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The Independent
A record number of migrant children are being detained at the border now
Salon
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'Chaos and confusion’ at US detention centres as Trump administration rushes to reunite migrant families
The Independent
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CNN
DOJ Takes First Steps Toward Indefinite Detention Of Families
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ICE Carries Out Its Largest Immigration Raid In Recent History, Arresting 146
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